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Part of Pomona College; collection includes 15th- and 16th-century Italian panel paintings, Pre-Columbian to 20th-century American Indian art and artifacts, American and European prints, drawings, and photographs [22] [23] Pomona Ebell Museum of History Pomona: San Gabriel Valley: Local history: website, operated by the Historical Society of ...
An exterior view of the college in 1907, featuring its two earliest buildings: Sumner Hall (right) and Holmes Hall (left) [14] Pomona College was established as a coeducational and nonsectarian Christian institution on October 14, 1887, amidst a real estate boom and anticipated population influx precipitated by the arrival of a transcontinental railroad to Southern California.
Pomona's Outdoor Education Center. OTL is separate from but affiliated with Pomona College's Outdoor Education Center, which teaches courses in outdoor leadership, rents equipment, and runs the Orientation Adventure program for all incoming students. [13] [28] [29] It is also unaffiliated with Pomona's annual ski-beach day tradition.
Dividing the Light, colloquially the Pomona College skyspace, [3] is a 2007 skyspace art installation by James Turrell at Pomona College, his alma mater. [1] It consists of a courtyard with a fountain nestled between two academic buildings with an illuminated canopy framing the sky above.
Big Bridges under construction in 1931. The auditorium was built as a joint project of the Claremont Colleges consortium. It was sponsored by Appleton and Amelia (nee Timken) Bridges, the parents of Mabel Shaw Bridges, a student in Pomona's class of 1908 who died of illness in her junior year, [5] and H.H. Timken, president of the Timken Roller Bearing Company.
CFP/Getty . Will Howard #18 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates with family and fans after the game against the Oregon Ducks at Rose Bowl Stadium on January 1, 2025 in Pasadena, California.
Ayer Cottage was the place of first meeting of Pomona College on September 12, 1888, in Pomona, California in Los Angeles County. [1] It was designated a California Historic Landmark (No. 289) on June 27, 1938. It was built in 1887, and in 1888 rented to the college so that classes could be held there.
Pomona uses Little Bridges for a variety of musical and non-musical events, including convocation, practices and performances by the Pomona College Orchestra, and guest speaker lectures. [5] The college also allows community and other outside groups to use the hall. [5] It hosts roughly 45 musical performances per year, most of which are free ...